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The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs

Mini Dissertation (MA (Research Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.

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Other Authors: Guse, Tharina
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/94548 The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs Guse, Tharina matson.meyer@gmail.com Meyer, Matson UCTD Dispositional hope Perceived hope Primal beliefs Gender South Africa Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 Mini Dissertation (MA (Research Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2023. Against the background of positive psychology, this study examines two conceptualisations of hope, namely dispositional hope and perceived hope, and their possible relationship with individual world beliefs (primal beliefs or primals) to better understand the complexities of human feeling, thought, and behaviour. A recent extensive scientifically motivated endeavor has identified 26 primals, and it has been hypothesised that primal world beliefs affect a variety of outcomes that are relevant to many psychological constructs. This study expands this exploration by examining the relationship between hope and primal beliefs and considers gender as a possible moderating variable in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs. Gender is an important universal psychological and social construct and defines an individual’s identification, identity, and social perception of being a woman or a man and could influence how an individual perceives and experiences hope and different beliefs. The South African data collected in 2021 and presented here, forms part of a yearly online cross-sectional survey, called the Hope-Barometer Survey. The sample consisted of 563 South African adults (53.8% female and 46.2% male), aged 18 to 75 (M = 38.87, SD = 14.52), and comprised of 279 white participants (49.6%), 268 black participants (47.6%), 8 Indian participants (1.4%), 5 coloured participants (.9%), and 3 participants who identified as ‘other’ race (.5%). Following the results of a correlation and multiple regression research analysis, the findings suggest that although a strong, positive relationship exists between hope and primal beliefs, the correlation is not moderated by gender. This implies that the strength and the direction of the relationship and the interaction between hope and primal beliefs are not influenced or dependent on gender. It is recommended that additional studies between hope and gender, primal beliefs and gender, and hope in relation to primals and other possible moderating demographics are considered and explored. This might open new scholarly directions and provide empirical ways to advance the trajectory of society and individual well-being. Psychology MA (Research Psychology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-03: Good health and well-being 2024-02-13T11:32:38Z 2024-02-13T11:32:38Z 2024-04 2023 Mini Dissertation * A2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94548 10.25403/UPresearchdata.25211498 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle UCTD
Dispositional hope
Perceived hope
Primal beliefs
Gender
South Africa
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
Humanities theses SDG-03
The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title_full The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title_fullStr The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title_full_unstemmed The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title_short The role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
title_sort role of gender in the relationship between hope and primal beliefs
topic UCTD
Dispositional hope
Perceived hope
Primal beliefs
Gender
South Africa
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
Humanities theses SDG-03
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94548